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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO

Now that systems are being replaced, it’s also about creating a new architecture without those types of connections. Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. But it’s extremely difficult to suddenly launch a successfully IT system.

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Course Enterprise Architecture – Step 1 – Strategy

Xebia

My second run as teacher Enterprise Architecture is near the finishline and still loving it. architecture #enterprisearchitecture #masterofscience Enterprise Architecture – Step 1 – Strategy Enterprise Architecture as a topic is evolving and gaining in interest at various organizations in the Netherlands and abroad.

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The Top 13 Sessions From 2018 Ops and Dev Conferences

OverOps

Agile in 2018. Agile has become mainstream, but sometimes what we consider “agile” might not be as agile as we think. Instead, it might be disregarding the very values and principles of true agile development. If you’re part of that statistic, this talk will help you understand how to do it, and do it right.

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Call for Papers: Architecture + Agile: The Yin & Yang of Organizational Agility

Cutter Consortium

There have been great advances in improving the agility of execution, and while many organizations are pursuing these approaches, the bigger question is still how to truly transform an organization to be agile at its core, including end-to-end strategy execution and employee mindsets. How does it act? Where do they start?

Agile 40
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Twitter Drawings: “Agile Means No Architecture”

Cory Foy

A short Twitter Drawing following up from my blog post about how great teams work: Following up on [link] I recorded a short video around the idea that "Agile means no Architecture" #twitterdrawings pic.twitter.com/3UEppmkZ1y — Cory Foy (@cory_foy) March 12, 2018

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Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools

TechCrunch

That market driver has now led to a significant growth round for a startup that is helping the larger of these businesses, including those targeting the B2B market, build out their digital sales operations with more agile, responsive e-commerce solutions.

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Contentstack raises $80M to grow its headless CMS platform for the enterprise

TechCrunch

“Composable architectures ensure that enterprises can innovate swiftly, deploy new features rapidly, and remain agile in the face of digital disruption. Closing the loop, Contentstack eventually bought the CMS division of Raw Engineering in 2018).